gender norms on earnings and labor supply post-childbirth. Our results show that traditional mothers experience a 18 …In this paper, we examine how pre-birth gender norms shape women's labor market trajectories and occupational choices … egalitarian mothers. Second, we investigate the role of pre-birth comparative advantage within couples, finding that this …

work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and … child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a … a child, mothers have a higher likelihood for engaging in informal jobs and less possibility of being promoted if they …

mechanisms. Through their impact on childcare availability, grandmothers' deaths reduce mothers' employment rate by 12 percentage … points (27 percent) and do not affect fathers' employment rate. The negative effect on mothers' employment is smaller where …This paper estimates the effect of childcare availability on parents' employment probability using the timing of death …

benefits also reduce take-up of paid leave by mothers, lower the chances of having further children, and have no impact on …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

participation using 70 censuses from 36 countries in 1990–2010. We document a strong relationship between the gender wage gap and … the size of the motherhood penalty. The penalty is smallest in countries with small gender wage gaps. Both cross- and … within-country relationships between motherhood penalty and gender wage gap remain strong and negative even when we condition …

Why do women experience a persistent drop in labor earnings upon becoming mothers, i.e. a "child penalty"? We study a … between mothers and similar women with no children. Mothers send 12.2% fewer job applications and are more selective regarding … applications are sent and highlight differences in the timing of job search. We find that mothers' rate of applications decreases …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for …We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian …

by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for …We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian …